The technical reasoning hypothesis does not rule out the potential key roles of imitation and working memory for CTC

Alba Motes-Rodrigo; Eva Reindl; Elisa Bandini

doi:10.1017/S0140525X20000047

The technical reasoning hypothesis does not rule out the potential key roles of imitation and working memory for CTC

Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Eva Reindl, Elisa Bandini

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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To support their claim for technical reasoning skills rather than imitation as the key for cumulative technological culture (CTC), Osiurak and Reynaud argue that chimpanzees can imitate mechanical actions, but do not have CTC. They also state that an increase in working memory in human evolution could not have been a key driver of CTC. We discuss why we disagree with these claims.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e173
Journal	The Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000047
Publication status	Published - 10 Aug 2020

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